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Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its sovereignty in the South China Sea when the US Embassy published a map with Truong Sa and Hoang Sa, but later removed it.
“Vietnam consistently views Hoang Sa and Truong Sa as an inseparable part of Vietnamese territory. That consistent and thorough stance has been expressed many times, in many different ways, including At the United Nations, many countries respect and support,” said Ms. Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, during his regular press conference on September 17 afternoon in Hanoi.
Ms. Hang answered a question about Vietnam’s response after the US Embassy in Hanoi posted a picture of a map of Vietnam on Facebook with Hoang Sa and Truong Sa on 9/9, but it was later replaced by an image . the other does not have these two islands.
The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Le Thi Thu Hang. Image: Baoquocte.
The US Embassy article was published on the opening of the 53rd Meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers (AMM 53) and related conferences, including the content of cooperation with Vietnam, reviewing the relationship. partner for the past 25 years.
“Vietnam has sufficient historical evidence and legal basis to assert its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa, in accordance with international law,” said a spokesman for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The United States has long stated that it has an interest in the South China Sea, without taking sides in the dispute in the region. The United States supports peace, stability, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea, calling on stakeholders to peacefully resolve disputes and comply with international law, including the United Nations Convention on Law. Be it 1982 (UNCLOS), do not use force or threaten to use force.
In early July, the US Ambassador to Vietnam, Daniel Kritenbrink, said the country has taken three directions to maintain stability in the South China Sea, including increasing diplomatic activities with partners in the region, including the ASEAN; support countries to strengthen maritime capacity; develop US military capabilities, including activities to protect freedom of navigation.
The South China Sea, the world’s most important sea lane, becomes a disputed hotspot when China unilaterally draws a “line of nine lines”, claiming sovereignty over almost the entire sea, despite objections from US countries. the region and international opinion.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruled in 2016 on China’s “nine-point line” claim, but Beijing declared that it did not comply with the decision. China recently claimed the “Sàsha”, which is considered another name for the illegal “Path of the Nine Points”.
